The Rudy Gobert trade suddenly looks genius for the Timberwolves

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Timberwolves vision for the Rudy Gobert trade is coming into focus, and making Minnesota a true contender. It was hard to blame the Minnesota Timberwolves for operating out of a place of desperation. If any franchise in the NBA had reason to do so, it was them. The Wolves were the team that owned the worst cumulative record in the NBA since 2007, when it traded Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics. It was the franchise that went 13 years without making th...